Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague is a political, cultural, and economic hub of central Europe, with a rich history and Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque architectures. It is home to a number of well-known cultural attractions, many of which survived the violence and destruction of 20th-century Europe. Main attractions include the Prague Castle, Charles Bridge, Old Town Square with the Prague astronomical clock, the Jewish Quarter, Petřín hill and Vyšehrad.

Here are some amazing activities and places to see if you want to make the most of your trip to Prague!

Visit the Charles Bridge! It is a medieval stone arch bridge that crosses the Vltava river in Prague, Czech Republic. It separates the two main sides of Prague and is often filled with musicians, artists, and street performers.

With a history spanning over a 1000 years, Prague Castle has served as the seat of power for Bohemian kings, Holy Roman emperors, and Czech presidents. Its magnificent blend of architectural styles, stunning gardens, and historic monuments, attract millions of tourists each year.

You can find the John Lennon wall shortly after crossing the Charles Bridge. It received its first decoration connected to John Lennon—a symbol of freedom, western culture, and political struggle—following the 1980 assassination of John Lennon, when an unknown artist painted a single image of the singer-songwriter and some lyrics. Since then, the wall continuously undergoes change, and the original portrait of Lennon is long lost under layers of new paint. Today, the wall represents a symbol of global ideals such as love and peace.

Nerudova Street is one of the most picturesque streets in Prague and bears the name of the Czech writer and journalist Jan Neruda. It leads up from Malostranska Square to Prague Castle. Here you can admire Baroque houses with richly decorated shields and portals. There are also several palaces here. But the most exciting thing in this street is that we still can see many house signs used instead of numbers.

Golden Lane is one of the iconic places of Prague Castle – the Golden Lane – was created at the end of the 15th century, after the construction of the new northern castle fortifications. The picturesque place with colorful houses abounds in many legends and myths, which have also attracted a number of writers and artists.

If you prefer tours and more planned out activities, here are some of the top tours we would recommend!

It is no secret that Prague has one of the best nightlifes in all of Europe... Prague has nightlife for every day of the week, but above all between Thursday and Saturday. Bars, pubs, clubs, cabarets and jazz clubs make Prague one of the liveliest cities in Central Europe. If you are staying in Prague for a week or two, I would recommend going out between Thursday and Saturday, Reece and Veronika will be arriving a week before the wedding if anyone wants to join us in some more celebration festivities before the big day! Here are some of the top bars and clubs we would recommend:

Hemingway Bar must be one of Prague’s top cocktail bars... if not the best. The bar is named after Ernest Hemingway himself – that guy loved a drink, after all, and these days the bar keeps that predilection of his alive, boasting as it does a menu of more than 200 rums (plus a dangerously wide absinthe selection). Hemingway is an essential stop for any self-respecting hedonist. However, do reserve online in advance because it is almost impossible to get a spot upon arrival.

Address: Karoliny Světlé 26, 110 00 Staré Město, Czechia

Who doesn’t love a grimy metal bar? Smichov’s finest has been serving up cold lager and fiery tunes for at least forever, and is there a better combination than beer and riffs? No, there isn’t. A location just 30 seconds from Anděl makes this basement bar a popular spot all through the week.

Address: Na Bělidle 27, 150 00 Praha 5-Anděl, Czechia

That this club has a biker theme tells you all you need to know about the vibe you can expect. For those looking for a different scene, the grungy, dimly-lit basement of Harley’s makes for a hazy environment for a hazy night out. The wide range of rock music that plays all night offers a pleasing contrast to most Prague clubs with their focus on chart pop, trance and EDM. Veronika may or may not have spent a lot of time here with her friends when she studied abroad in Prague...

Address: 18, Dlouhá 704, Staré Město, 110 00 Praha, Czechia

One of Prague’s nightlife staples, Roxy is a guaranteed exhilarating night out. The atmosphere here is vibrant, and the club’s interior – with its one-of-a-kind art and in-your-face color scheme – only adds to the ambience. Roxy’s aim is to ‘revive the space of the music club through visual arts’, and that symbiotic relationship between its art and music makes for a brilliant assault on the senses.

Address: Dlouhá 33, 110 00 Staré Město, Czechia

Just off the bustling Wenceslas Square, the Music Bar in Palác Lucerna is one of Prague’s biggest clubs. Though it boasts one of the city’s more spacious dance floors, it also fills up faster than most. Don’t miss their 1980s nights, where you can dance to ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ with people from all over the world. Lucerna also doubles as a concert venue and hosts some surprisingly big names.

Address: Vodičkova 36, 110 00 Nové Město, Czechia

Déjàvu is far from the biggest or fanciest club in Prague, but that may be why it’s very much a local favorite. It also boasts arguably the best bang for your boozy buck when going out in this city. Considering its growing popularity and central location, the drinks are surprisingly cheap – especially during their daily happy hour, when you can get most cocktails for less than £2.

Address: Jakubská 648/6, 110 00 Staré Město, Czechia

Karlovy Lazne is the largest facility of its kind in Central Europe. Thanks to its five music clubs on five separate floors, it is also one of the best technically equipped club’s in the world. The themed floors are one-of-a-kind for their original character, which is further enhanced by the historical interior and architecture of the building built at the turn of the 15th century. Together with modern facilities and music to suit all tastes certainly creates an entirely unique atmosphere, which has made Karlovy Lazne one of the most visited dance club’s in the Czech Republic. Ground floor being an Ice Pub, below ground floor being Radio Hits, second floor being Dance Music, third floor being Oldies, and fourth floor being Hip-Hop and R&B, and the fifth floor being a Chill Out zone.

Address: Novotného lávka 198/13, 110 00 Staré Město, Czechia

One of Prague's most popular nightclubs in the New Town, sporting large dance floors, bottle service, and often famous DJ's with major events every weekend.

Address: Václavské nám. 21, 110 00 Nové Město, Czechia

M1 Lounge stands alone for the best R&B Hip Hop parties in Prague. If you pre reserve a VIP table you will be treated to first class bottle service. Perfectly located in the very center of the city. Open 7 days a week, and before 11:00pm Sunday-Thursday enjoy the highest quality Hookahs the city has to offer.

Address: Masná 1, 110 00 Staré Město, Czechia

The Drunken Monkey is proud to offer the best tours Prague has to offer. They run the Drunken Monkey Sports Bar, Bar Crawl, Beer Tour and Beer Bikes all year long and are experts at showing you the best this city has to offer. If you prefer a Bar Crawl, this is the best one to do hands down!

Address: U Milosrdných 848/4, 110 00 Staré Město, Czechia

The Absintherie Bar and Museum was opened several years ago, with the aim to introduce to you not only the taste of quality absinthe but also the correct way of its serving. In our Absintherie, you can try about 100 kinds of absinthe. Based on these, we have also prepared special absinthe cocktails. You can also get absinthe chocolate and other absinthe products.

Address: Jilská 7, 110 00 Staré Město, Czechia

The cocktail, whisky and cigar bar has capacity of up to 60 guests and has hosted several small, yet prestigious private events. Like its sister operations in New York it is designed in British colonial accents with vaulted copper ceilings, soft leather banquettes, dark wood panelling and the signature library. The bar boasts one of the most extensive whisky lists in central Europe as well as cigars and all the same offerings as in New York. Silent James Bond movies on the screen and a custom soundtrack add to the sophisticated yet casual ambience.

Address: 19, Týnská 1053, 110 00 Praha 1, Czechia

The Jazz Republic is a comprehensive bar with options such as beer, wine and classic cocktails. It is a multifunctional space oriented to music in modern relations. They like jazz, funk, blues, world music, acid jazz, R&B even latin music.

Address: Jilská 1a, 110 00 Staré Město, Czechia

Getting around Prague by public transport is cheap, more often than not, you will be using the trams and metros to get around. Whether you're sightseeing, nightclubbing, or anything in between, the public transport system is super easy to navigate. That being said, you will most likely use normal paper tickets, which must be validated before you enter public transport. We'll repeat this again, always validate your paper ticket in yellow validators! You will get fined by a controller even when you have bought your ticket but did not validate it. Traveling without a ticket when caught can be pretty expensive, you will pay a minimum of 1500 CZK. There are several types of tickets in Prague. The good thing is that you can use one ticket for traveling by metro, tram, bus, or boat.The price of tickets depends on how long you plan on using public transport. The cheapest ticket costs 30 CZK and the most expensive being 330 CZK in which you can use Prague public transport for three days (72 hours since you validate the ticket). Ubers are also available, but it is much faster to get around by tram and metro.

The Green and Yellow metro lines are the most common and will take you to most places. It is unlikely that you will need to use the Red line. You can transfer between the lines at transfer points called Florenc, Muzeum, and Mustek.

In every metro vestibule and even on the platforms you will always see an easy-to-read map that will tell you which direction to take.

On the map, you will see the station where you are at the moment encircled. When facing the map, you will see other stations either left or right. When your next stop is on the left side of the map, go to the left platform, when on your right, head right. At peak times the usual interval is around 2 minutes, it is especially early in the morning and later in the afternoon when people travel to and from work. During off-peak times, intervals are between 4 and 6 minutes.

The metro system is the least prone to delays out of all services, so it is best to use when you are short on time. Subway is closed between midnight (or thirty minutes after midnight) until approximately 4:30 in the morning. So if you are out nightclubbing, it is likely that you will need to take a tram back to your accommodation. Trams are safe and reliable, and provide a reasonably quick means of transport. Daytime trams operate 05:00 -00:30. Trams run every 4-8 minutes during peak times, every 5-20 minutes off-peak. Night trams operate 00:30-05:00, and run every 30 minutes.

There are several ways how you can purchase the ticket for getting around Prague.

TICKET MACHINE

The most common is to buy the ticket at yellow/orange vending machines you can usually find inside the vestibules of the metro, on bus or tram stops. Or you can normally buy the ticket in tobacco shops, tourist information centers, or serviced ticket booths in the metro. Remember, that vending machines are at all metro vestibules, but not on every bus or tram stop. It is not possible to buy a ticket from the driver as well. Some vending machines take only coins, while some of the new ones accept credit cards.

ON BOARD TICKET MACHINE

All of the trams and some buses offer the option to buy a ticket inside the vehicle, and you can pay via contactless credit card, which is very convenient. The ticket you will buy this way does not need to be validated again, because it already includes all necessary information. In case you are traveling by bus and want to buy the ticket inside the bus, remember that not all buses offer this service, and you cannot find out in advance which bus has the terminal until it arrives and you will see the sign on doors.

SMS

Last but not least option on how to buy tickets to use Prague public transport is to send an SMS. To do that you must have a local SIM card with either a plan or credit and send a text message DPT31 or DPT42 (depends on which ticket you want to purchase) on phone number 90206. It takes approximately one minute to receive the ticket via text message, again, you should wait and not enter the vehicle without confirmation of your payment.